[2] Prostitute's cautions can be used as police as evidence of "persistence" for the criminal offence of persistently loitering or soliciting defined in Section1(1) of the Street Offences Act 1959, which states that "the conduct is persistent if it takes place on two or more occasions in any period of three months".
[3] Unlike an ordinary police cautions, they do not expire until the person they are issued to reaches the age of 100, making them effectively life-long.
[4][5] Having a prostitute's caution can prevent its recipient (usually a woman) from taking on other forms of work that require vetting, such as work in the care sector.
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